Details of the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture's visit to Germany: FOI release

Information requested

Information relating to Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson's visit to Berlin in November 2025.

Response

An exemption under section s.27 of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested.

This information will be proactively published in due course.

Overall cost of the visit

Mr Robertson visited Berlin and Bern, Switzerland from 26-29 November 2025. Expenses claimed by the Cabinet Secretary will be proactively published in due course. The delegation stayed at the UK Ambassador’s Residence in Bern, so there were no accommodation expenses in Switzerland. The overall costs for the whole delegation were as follows:

	Cabinet Secretary and two supporting officials
Flights EDI-CDG CDG-GVA ZRH-BER BER – EDI	£1725.86
Hotel Berlin, 2 nights	£953.62
Trains GVA airport – Geneva Geneva – Bern Bern – Zurich airport	£437.37
Taxis	£270.62
Trams	£15.80
Subsistence (food)	£115.99
Total:	£3,519.26

List of all Ministerial meetings conducted in Berlin

This information will be proactively published at Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts - gov.scot in due course.

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